Slick Rick......If I get you to play then I've got the nuts!:yes:
What's your Pool Nickname?
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Shakeysmooth...elbow shakes, a lot at times, but my last stroke is smoooooth.
In the senior center pool room now: Side Pocket Jimmy, The Great One (aka TGO), Titanium Bob, The Rooster and Kenny The Gooch. And Corner Ken just walked in with Dirty Bob.
In the senior center pool room now: Side Pocket Jimmy, The Great One (aka TGO), Titanium Bob, The Rooster and Kenny The Gooch. And Corner Ken just walked in with Dirty Bob.
Colonel, back in my shortstop days in the hall I grew up in money was referred to as "the Chicken". I was putting an evil package on an individual one day and at the point I was several racks in the guy I was playing turned to the rail & asked aloud "does this guy ever miss a ball"? One of the railbirds replied "he's like Colonel Sanders, he always gets the chicken". It stuck.
nickname
Hunting buddies gave me the name hotrod as I had the rep for getting the job done. Never had anything to do with pool. Pool game hasnt been very hot for almost 10 years now. 68 and have developed a shaking right hand. Come to think of it, I suppose those deer have sped up a bit as my hunting hasnt been all that hot lately either. The joys of getting older and slowing down.But then again, think of the alternative. Im still here so that aint a bad thing.
Hunting buddies gave me the name hotrod as I had the rep for getting the job done. Never had anything to do with pool. Pool game hasnt been very hot for almost 10 years now. 68 and have developed a shaking right hand. Come to think of it, I suppose those deer have sped up a bit as my hunting hasnt been all that hot lately either. The joys of getting older and slowing down.But then again, think of the alternative. Im still here so that aint a bad thing.
Have you seen Nick Varner play? Man's hand shook like he just got off a carnival ride, yet was a killer.
I recently met a local player on here that is 70, did not see him play yet but he's a 5 in the league which would equate to about a C+.
That's what so great about pool, I am literally around 7 year old kids to 70 yr old men in the same pool room. I've played tournaments where I go from a 14 yr old kid to a 50 yr old to a 24 yr old to a 30 yr old.
My dad said that when my grandmother came to the US from Lithuania she said that she was coming here to die not to live, she's been here for about 20 years and is now 90 now, waiting to die in the US LOL
May you have as many years of "slowing down"
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I guess my pool game isn't good/bad enough to warrant a nickname to this point, but while on the subject it reminded me of a story...
I'm a pretty good golfer and in my younger days, I was in the Army and my Colonel used to pay for my entry fees to play on his scramble teams for tourneys. We were Army guys stationed on an Air Force Base, so the rivalry was pretty intense and my Colonel LOVED to win "their" (<---the AF guys) tournaments and would talk irrational amounts of sh!t when we did since there were only a handful of us and an entire base full of those guys.
Well, the other 2 guys in our group were the Sergeant Major and the XO and my Colonel used to always call my Sergeant Major "foursome" all of the time. The Sergeant Major was a very good golfer, too, and I just assumed it was some kind of endearing private joke they had together. The Sergeant Major never seemed to mind it, and almost acted like it was a badge of honor.
So, one day when it was just me and the Colonel playing (at least a year since I first heard him use the term), I finally asked the Colonel why he called him that. He laughed and said, "because the guy takes FOREVER to hit the ball!...He is like a one man foursome" I asked him why the Sergeant Major didn't seem to mind the fact that he called him that all the time and he said, "it took him 6 months to even ask me why I called him that and once he did, I told him because he was the "heart" of our group."
Poor guy never even knew. And it was true, too. Slowest guy EVER w/all his ticks, waggling, etc. Didn't surprise me that it took so long for him to question it either. Guy was right out of central casting as the strong, silent, Sergeant Major. Think Sam Elliot in "We Were Soldiers."
I'm a pretty good golfer and in my younger days, I was in the Army and my Colonel used to pay for my entry fees to play on his scramble teams for tourneys. We were Army guys stationed on an Air Force Base, so the rivalry was pretty intense and my Colonel LOVED to win "their" (<---the AF guys) tournaments and would talk irrational amounts of sh!t when we did since there were only a handful of us and an entire base full of those guys.
Well, the other 2 guys in our group were the Sergeant Major and the XO and my Colonel used to always call my Sergeant Major "foursome" all of the time. The Sergeant Major was a very good golfer, too, and I just assumed it was some kind of endearing private joke they had together. The Sergeant Major never seemed to mind it, and almost acted like it was a badge of honor.
So, one day when it was just me and the Colonel playing (at least a year since I first heard him use the term), I finally asked the Colonel why he called him that. He laughed and said, "because the guy takes FOREVER to hit the ball!...He is like a one man foursome" I asked him why the Sergeant Major didn't seem to mind the fact that he called him that all the time and he said, "it took him 6 months to even ask me why I called him that and once he did, I told him because he was the "heart" of our group."
Poor guy never even knew. And it was true, too. Slowest guy EVER w/all his ticks, waggling, etc. Didn't surprise me that it took so long for him to question it either. Guy was right out of central casting as the strong, silent, Sergeant Major. Think Sam Elliot in "We Were Soldiers."
Nickname
One of own AZB members gave me this name.
Its best that I don't give details.
One of own AZB members gave me this name.
Its best that I don't give details.
Cardigan Kid....the local pool hall was always too hot then too cold then hot....so I was never without a cardigan sweater, going on and off with the temps....
nowadays, with the AC amped up everywhere, you'll still never catch me without one.
my goal....a cardigan with a Kamui tips badge sewn in the arm.
kinda like those old varsity letterman sweaters from the forties and fifties. Ha!
nowadays, with the AC amped up everywhere, you'll still never catch me without one.
my goal....a cardigan with a Kamui tips badge sewn in the arm.
kinda like those old varsity letterman sweaters from the forties and fifties. Ha!
People around the pool hall call me, "Killer", because...well, chicks dig me.
I think one of the reasons is I seldom wear underwear, and when I do it's usually a low cut mesh.
What can I say? It is what it is. :smile:
I think one of the reasons is I seldom wear underwear, and when I do it's usually a low cut mesh.
What can I say? It is what it is. :smile:
Nickname
I have had many, When I started traveling around the Los Angeles area a bit in the 60's, My home room was San Gabriel Bowling Alley which had a pool room in it as many bowling establishments did in those days. Whenever I see some of the old guys around Bellflower they still call me San Gabriel.
When I moved north and the players knew I was from LA, some called me Hollywood Henderson. There was a pretty good football player for the Dallas Cowboys with that name, but he got busted on a sex offense so I never cared much for that one.
My least favorite is what some of the young guns around Hard Times are calling me now - Pops. It sucks to get old.:angry:
I have had many, When I started traveling around the Los Angeles area a bit in the 60's, My home room was San Gabriel Bowling Alley which had a pool room in it as many bowling establishments did in those days. Whenever I see some of the old guys around Bellflower they still call me San Gabriel.
When I moved north and the players knew I was from LA, some called me Hollywood Henderson. There was a pretty good football player for the Dallas Cowboys with that name, but he got busted on a sex offense so I never cared much for that one.
My least favorite is what some of the young guns around Hard Times are calling me now - Pops. It sucks to get old.:angry:
They usually call me dumbass... Oh wait that's what my wife calls me.
My pool buds call me Petey or Peteypooldude
My pool buds call me Petey or Peteypooldude
I've had several over the years.
Diamond is the one I was first given. Probably because Earl "the Pearl" was popular at the time.
A few years, different area later, my teammates called me Allstate. Because when the match was on the line...they were in good hands.
A different era later Cool Hand Luke was brought up because my teammates said I showed no nerves. Couldn't tell if I was shooting in a championship match or in their basement.
Diamond is the one I was first given. Probably because Earl "the Pearl" was popular at the time.
A few years, different area later, my teammates called me Allstate. Because when the match was on the line...they were in good hands.
A different era later Cool Hand Luke was brought up because my teammates said I showed no nerves. Couldn't tell if I was shooting in a championship match or in their basement.